St Ouen's Parish Memorial is to be found outside the Parish Hall on the main road leading up from St Peter's. The memorial has a central stone with the names of the dead from the Great War inscribed on it with steps leading up to it. On either side there is arm each with a panel, one with the names of the men who died in the Second World War, the other with the name of a civilian. From the front the arms either side seem to have the effect of some how protecting the memorial and the men remembered on it, and hence the memorial gives the feeling of been solid and strong.

The memorial is unique in a very special way, in so far as it is the only Parish memorial to list a civilian among its names. Louisa Mary Gould died in Ravensbruck Concentration camp in 1945 and I have decided to write a brief account about her tragic fate in this article. The memorial also records the names of some thirty-seven men who died in the Great War and six names of men who died during the Second World War.

William George Risbridger was the son of Henry and Elvina Celestine Risbridger, of Romsley Villa, St. Ouen. He was formerly a gardener for Mr Watkins of The Poplars, Milbrook, and one of the first boys to join the St Ouens Boys Brigade before the war. William's father was an old soldier and had three sons who served during the Great War. Before the war William lived at Mossigiel, Les Landes. He had joined the 7th Bn, Royal Irish Rifles serving as a Rifleman and was killed in action at Third Ypres on 16th August 1917. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the missing.